Heaven stops the nose at it and the moon winks,
The bawdy wind that kisses all it meets
Is hush’d within the hollow mine of earth,
And will not hear it.
– William Shakespeare
Othello, Act 4, Scene 2. Othello uses personification to emphasize that Desdemona’s sin of infidelity smells to high heaven. He says that heaven holds its nose, the moon closes its eyes and the wind is silent with shame.